Software Development Engineer III

  • Full-time
  • Group Function: Tesco Technology

Company Description

Tesco Bengaluru: We are a multi-disciplinary team creating a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility, providing cutting-edge technological solutions and empowering our colleagues to do ever more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise in Global Business Services and Retail Technology & Engineering, a wide network of teams and strong governance we reduce complexity thereby offering high quality services for our customers. Tesco Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 4,40,000 colleagues.
Tesco Technology consists of people from a number of different backgrounds, but having a common purpose to serve our shoppers a little better every day with our retail technological solutions. We shared a common interest in harnessing innovations in technology to enhance their shopping experience at Tesco stores. Whether making products, software or systems, our teams focuses on various aspects from taking strategic ownership of the architecture to delivering technological solutions such as design, testing, deployment, infrastructure, operation and security of the systems to ensure agile, smooth and safe operations. These help us to deliver the maximum business impact. Teams refine their internal processes to best fit their own needs, working to build core capabilities in application and services. We collaborate globally across teams to build end-to-end customer-facing solutions, as well as to share knowledge, experience, tools and techniques.
At Tesco, inclusion means that Everyone?s Welcome. Everyone is treated fairly and with respect; by valuing individuality and uniqueness we create a sense of belonging.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of Tesco. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated. We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best.
Across the Tesco group we are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues ? who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

Job Description

Software Development Engineer(SDE) 3 Role Overview
Role Impact & Value:
- Spearheads the development of valuable features directly impacting customer experience.
- Guides and leads Scrum ceremonies; ensuring effective collaboration and progress tracking.
- Proactively recommends enhancements to processes and methodologies to expedite delivery timelines.
- Actively questions requirements and addresses challenges to ensure optimal solutions.
- Proficient in task prioritization; focusing on high-priority items for maximum impact.
- Collaborates closely with stakeholders; translating their needs into actionable improvements.
- Leads discussions on initiative designs within the domain; leveraging strong domain knowledge to drive value.
- Provides support for production systems; including incident resolution and root cause analysis.
- Proficient in debugging and troubleshooting complex problems to maintain software solutions.
- Shares knowledge and mentors team members; fostering professional development.
- Conducts proof of concepts to evaluate new tools and technologies.
Programming:
- Demonstrates a solid grasp of Java/J2EE programming language and related technologies.
- Proficient in implementing end-to-end components with minimal assistance.
- Capable of independently producing and refactoring code; with a focus on quality.
- Skilled in test-driven development and understands major programming paradigms.
- Capable of reasoning about algorithm and code complexity; and proficient in debugging.
Design:
- Able to identify and implement design patterns with guidance.
- Translates behavioral requirements into tasks and code effectively.
- Recognizes the importance of high-quality code in achieving rapid delivery.
- Possesses a strong understanding of domains and domain modeling.
- Utilizes appropriate abstractions and adheres to code hygiene best practices.
Development Practice:
- Well-versed in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
- Writes tests to ensure robust CI/CD processes.
- Proficient in various testing methodologies including BDD; TDD; performance; and security testing.
- Embraces feature toggling and understands version control and branching strategies.
Infrastructure:
- Demonstrates proficiency in relevant operating systems and database technologies.
- Capable of scripting and automating tasks within the relevant environment.
- Understands when to leverage appropriate infrastructure technologies.
Security:
- Competent in performing tool-based security scans and identifying vulnerabilities.
- Understands OAuth/SAML and identity models; and practices secure coding principles.
Behaviors & Collaboration:
- Actively engages in team ceremonies and promotes collaboration.
- Comfortable with pair programming and effectively communicates designs and principles.
Innovation:
- Stays informed about industry developments and identifies potential impacts on the team.
Core Technology Concepts:
- Possesses a strong understanding of major HTTP components and core infrastructure elements.
Technical Skills:
- Proficient in Java 8+; Spring Framework for dependency management; RESTful web service frameworks; Gradle/Maven for build tools; Git/Jenkins for CI/CD; and practices such as design patterns and clean coding.
- Familiarity with testing methodologies like TDD and BDD.

Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Java; Spring Boot; Postgres (relational database); microservices architecture; and CI/CD practices.
 

Qualifications

Proficient in Java Spring Boot; Azure; Spring Framework; RESTful web service frameworks; Gradle/Maven for build tools; Git/Jenkins for CI/CD; and practices such as design patterns and clean coding.
Familiarity with testing methodologies like TDD and BDD.
Postgres (relational database)

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